C or root drive full

[flw]

The server role (Win 2003 R2) is file, email/exchange and print with c: for windows and apps that insist on being in the root. D: for all user and other app data.

I don't look as often as I should but in the past month or so on the DC, we used up several gigs of free space on our c/root drive. We do have a D for data from apps which has plenty of space.

I will do some in depth searching for a offending user that may have parked somethings there that should not be.

The question to you is what files can I safely delete or move that windows makes and never deletes?

Same goes for older system restores.

What all the "hidden" non-sense named folders in the root dir for?

Lastly is when a print job is in the que, is it temporarily located in the pagefile by default and same true for a shadow file copy when moving/copying any file from d: to a workstation? (Since the pagefile is on the c

 

[dberg35]

Try this software it will tell you what size the files are.

http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

 

[LWComputingMVP]

I would suggest that you have a look over my page on managing your boot drive.

http://www.lwcomputing.com/tips/static/bootdrivesize.asp

Plenty of things there you can do to ensure this doesn't happen again AND free up space right now.

 

[theravager]

You can move the spooler from the print window, file-server properties and choose the advanced tab.

Page file is probibly another thing you move across as well.

Maybe worthwhile looking at a partiton resize program to add some more space or using a couple of mount points on large volumns.

 

[LWComputingMVP]

theravager, I'd suggest reviewing my link - there's a lot you can do and resizing should be the LAST thing done.

 

[Helenp1983]

If the excahnge datbase isn't on D:\ you can ealiser move the database

 

[flw]

Solution was to enable circular log setting in Exch Sys Mgr and then restart the "MS Exchange Information Store" Service.

I've gone from 14.x GB to 65 MB of exchange logs that were kept in the program files/exchsrvr/mdbdata/*.log

My DC can now breath. I have Win2003 whcih has circular logs off by defuatlt and since I don't use ntbackup or vertias backup exec therr was never a log deletion upon my 3rd party backup until I did the above.

 

[LWComputingMVP]

Oh great... have you ever tried restoring your exchange server, especially if your desired media failed?

Why not run NTBackup to backup exchange properly to a file and then let your third party backup backup that file?

More importantly, WHY would you leave the Exchange databases on the c: drive?